Cartridge-holder.



P. H. LOGAN. CARTRIDGE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FlLED MAY 25, I916- Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

Witnesses Attorneys UNITED STATES PATET OFFIQ.

PAUL H. LOGAN, or EL PASO, TEXAS, As'sIeNoR or ONE-HALF 'ro rnnnanrc n. LOGAN,

or EL rnso, TEXAS.

CARTRIDGE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

Application filed. May 25, 1916. Serial No. 99,854. v

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL H. LOGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at El Paso, in the county of "El Paso and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Cartridge-I Iolder, of which the following is a specif cation.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a belt adapted to hold shells of the kind used in fire arms, and one object of the invention is to provide a belt which may be adjusted so as to accommodate a large shot gun shell, or a comparatively small rifle cartridge.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a cartridge belt, novel means for forming the loops through which passes the strap or flexible element which retains the shells.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cartridge belt in which the ends of the cartridge retaining strap are so positioned within the contour of the belt as to reinforce the belt and to prevent the shells or cartridges in the belt from exerting an uncomfortable pressure on the body of the wearer.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devicesof that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combinationand arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a belt constructed in accordance with the present invention, parts being broken away";

Fig. 2 is a fraginental longitudinal section of the belt, at the rear thereof, parts being broken away;

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section showing a portion of the belt herein disclosed;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the belt;

Fig. 5 is a fragmental rear elevation showing a portion of one end of the belt; and

- of the drawings, the end 16 of the belt 1 is fashioned, is folded longitudinally as indicated at 2, to define an inner wall 3 and an outer wall 4, the fold 2 preferably being at the upper-edge of thebelt. Along their lower edges and upon their ends, the constituent walls 3 and4. of the belt are provided with openings 5. Threaded through the openings 5 is a lacing cord 6. The ends of the lacing cord may be secured in desired manner. In Fig. 5 the lacing cord 6 is shown as being passed downwardly through certainof the turns of the lacing cord, at the ends of the belt. From the foregoing it will be obviousthat the walls I 3 and 4 of the belt 1 are held together along their lower edges and along their edges, at their ends, by the lacing cord 6.

A flexible tongue 7 is secured as indicated at 8, in any desired manner, .to one end of the belt 1. Attached to the other end of the belt is a buckle 9, to the rear of which is located an eye 10. The tongue 7 is engaged with the buckle 9 and is passed through the eye 10, in a well known manner, the free end of the tongue? being denoted by the reference character 11.

In the outer wall 4 of the belt 1, two hori zontal rows of openings 12 are fashioned. A lacing cord 14 is threaded through the openings 12, those portions of the lacing cord 14 which project outwardly from the outer wall 4 of the belt, serving to fashion upright exposed eyes 15, best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing cord 14 which goes to make up the eyes 15 may be secured in any desired manner. As shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, the ends 17 are knotted as indicated at 18' to the body upright ,The ends of the lacing I portion of the lacing cord, between the walls I 3 and 4 of the belt.

Buckles 19 Or other securing devices are secured to the outer face of the wall 4 of the belt, adjacent the ends of the belt. The buckles 19 may be held in place by strips 20, if desired, as delineated in Fig. 2. A flexible element which may be a strap 21, is

passed through the eyes 15, the flexible element 21 being permitted to bulge outwardly to form loops 22, in which the shells or car tridges 27 are mounted. In the outer wall a of the belt 1, near to the ends of the belt, openings 24L are formed. The ends 25 of the flexible element 21 are passed through these openings 24 and are carried toward each other, between the walls 3 and 4: of the belt, as shown at the left hand end of Fig. 2. T here are several advantages incident to this construction. First, the ends 25 are disposed in'an out-of-the-way position. Secondly, the ends 25 of the flexible element 21 lying between the walls 3 and etof the belt serve to reinforce the belt, internally, along the front of the body of the wearer, and. to some extent along the sides of the body of the wearer, depending upon the length of the ends 25. Owing to the fact that the ends 25 of the flexible element 21 are located as above described, the shells or cartridges at the front of the belt are prevented from in denting the body of the wearer across the belly or producing discomfort. If desired, the flexible element 21 may be secured intermediate its ends to the walls 3 and t of the belt at the back of the belt, by means of a rivet 26, shown in Fig. 2. This construction prevents the flexible element 21 from shifting endwise, it being possible, nevertheless, to adjust each end of the belt, independently of the other.

The ends of the flexible element 21 may be adjusted by means of the buckles 19 so that the loops 22 are of different sizes, thereby enabling a single belt to. accommodate either a relatively large shot gun shell, or a comparatively small rifle cartridge.

If desired, the belt forming the subject matter of this application may be supported by shoulder straps. Since it is common in the art to apply shoulder straps to a cartridge belt, and since no novelty is claimed Copies of this patent may he obtained for this feature of the device, the same has not been illustrated, it being well within the scope of a. skilled mechanic to add shoulder straps to a structure of this type.

' Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A cartridge belt provided with lines of openings extended longitudinally of the belt, the lines of openings being spaced apart transversely of the belt; a flexible element threaded in a single length through the openings of the linesto forin eyes which extend transversely of the belt; means for securing the ends of the flexible element to the belt; astrap threaded through the eyes to form cartridge-holding loops, and means for curing the ends of the strap to the belt.

A cartridge belt fashioned from a sin gle piece of material folded longitudinally on itself to form inner and outer walls; a flexible element threaded through the outer wall in a continuous length'to 'form transverse eyes, portions of the flexible element lying between the walls, and the inner wall constituting a cover for said portions of the flexible element; and a strap threaded through the eyes and cooperating with the outer wall to form cartridge-holding loops.

3. A. cartridge belt fashioned from a single piece of material folded longitudinally upon itself to form inner and outer walls; eyes carried by the outer wall; and a strap threaded through the eyes and cooperating with the outer wall to form cartridge holding loops, the ends of the strap being extended toward each other and lying between the said walls.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL H. LOGAN.

Witnesses: V

Fnnnn aio I-I. LOGAN, W TER I-I. Soorr.

for five cents each, addressing the Commissioner of Eatents.

Washington, D. G. 

